Mike Lupica famous quotes

It's like they take poison and then hope for the other person to die.
-- Mike Lupica

#Life #Poison #Persons

Michael still thought of Havana as home, because he was born there. And he had been Miguel Arroya there. Here, he was Michael.
-- Mike Lupica

#Home #Havana #Born

A family of three had become, in Michael Arroyo's young mind, an army of two.
-- Mike Lupica

#Army #Two #Mind

We can what-if ourselves to death... But what-if never does anybody any good. All any of us ever have...is one thing, and we better make the most of it while we can: What is.
-- Mike Lupica

#What If #Doe

There's only one ball game for any writer, and it's to keep you turning the pages. That's the whole ball game. That's what I have to do.
-- Mike Lupica

#Games #Balls #Pages

Read. You don't have to read me. But just read. Read the best people. Everybody's trying to do the same thing, which is keep you turning pages. Everyone does it a different way. But we all want you to understand [our books].
-- Mike Lupica

#Book #People #Trying

A friend of mine who used to be my boss at ESPN once was asked why sports had exploded the way it had. He said, "Because you can't go to Blockbuster and rent tonight's game." Every night is different in sports. Every day there are different heroes and villains and conversations after the game.
-- Mike Lupica

#Sports #Hero #Night

Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose, But young men think it is, and we were young.

Oh when I was in love with you, Then I was clean and brave, And miles around the wonder grew How well did I behave. And now the fancy passes by, And nothing will remain, And miles around they'll say that I Am quite myself again.

The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.

Everywhere the devil spits, poison ivy grows.

Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions

My dad always told me that holding a grudge is like swallowing poison and expecting the other person to die.

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.

I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.

I'd never hurt another person.

Jealousy is the worst trait in any person.